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Arbitrum is a type of technology known as an optimistic rollup. It allows Ethereum smart contracts to scale by passing messages between smart contracts on the Ethereum main chain and those on the Arbitrum second layer chain.

Quick Facts

Arbitrum is a Layer 2 blockchain
Arbitrum is an Optimistic Rollup, piggy backing on Ethereum, using their consensus mechanism
Arbitrum is is an Ethereum scaling solution; it has a theoretical limit of 4,500 Transactions Per Second (TPS)
Optimism has an average Cost Per Transaction (CPT) of $0.62 for sending ETH, and $0.86 for token swaps
Optimism does not have a native coin, and according to one of its founders they do not plan on releasing one.
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Technical Specifications

(as of 4/26/22)

Performance Data

Metric	Value
Active Transactions Per Second (TPS)	1.2 TPS
Max Theoretical TPS	4,500
Average Cost Per Transaction (CPT)	Send ETH: $0.62 USD Swap tokens: $0.86 USD
Block Height	10,593,734
Environmental Impact	Submit data
Bridges	∙ Arbitrum Bridge ∙ Arbitrum One dAPP Portal

Github Activity

Metric	Value
Repository Name	arbitrum
Stars	764
Watchers	115
Forks	368
Contributors	36
Merged Pull Requests	1904
Closed vs Total Issues	174 out of 225

Financial Ecosystem

(as of 4/26/22)

Metric	Value
Optimism Price	--
Market Cap	--
Ecosystem Ranking by Market Cap	--
Token Trading Volume – 24hr	--
Total Value Locked (TVL)	$2.01B
Liquidity	--
Number of Active Wallets	13.2K
Number of Unique Addresses	537,183
Circulating Supply	--
Total Supply	--
Node Count	--
Inflation Rate	--